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Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said that JDU leader Nitish Kumar must apologise for making humiliating comments on Governor KN Tripathi.
"Governor KN Tripathi is a legal expert and had been Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Assembly five times so Nitish Kumar shall make a public apology for...

New Delhi: Ecstatic to be named for the Padma Bhushan award, India's most decorated wrestling coach Satpal Singh says the honour has motivated him to work harder and his aim now is to improve the country's medal tally in wrestling in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Satpal, who was on Sunday named...

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch LK Advani is likely to be on the list of people to be honoured with Padma awards this year. Yoga guru Ramdev, who campaigned excessively for the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, is also likely to be awarded.
Among the actors, sources...

New Delhi: The possibility of conferring Padma Bhushan to ace shuttler Saina Nehwal continues to remain uncertain notwithstanding the Sports Ministry's nomination as the last date for receiving such applications by the Home Ministry was September 15 last year.
However, President, Vice-President, Prime Minister or the Home Minister may recommend any...

New Delhi: A long sabbatical and a rejig in weight categories notwithstanding, Olympic heroes Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt reaffirmed their dominance at the world stage, which included ending a 28-year gold drought at the Asian Games, even as youngsters showed the quality of Indian wrestling's talent reservoir in a...

Agartala: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi government has changed the 'Look-East Policy' to 'Act East Policy' to make the North-Eastern region a trade and business hub of South East Asia.
"The North Eastern region has 98 per cent of its...

New Delhi: Ace Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar and six other national athletes will be heading for the US in the first week of November to train in the Ohio-based SPIRE Institute, an official Olympic Training Center, through a Sheru Classic initiative.
Double Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil, who skipped the Asian Games...

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has denied making statements to The Telegraph that sparked a controversy. In an interview, Chavan is said to have admitted that he failed to act against former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing scam.
The newspaper...

Patna: BJP on Monday demanded slapping of murder case against the transferred civil and police officers following the October 3 stampede that claimed 33 lives, while the Bihar government said the main opposition party was trying to politicising the incident.
"Mere transfer is no punishment for these officials whose negligence...

New Delhi: They both are champions in their own right and no wonder Sushil Kumar was absolutely ecstatic in the manner his close friend Yogeshwar Dutt clinched the first gold medal for India in Asian Games wrestling in 28 years.
"The manner in which Yogesh [as he is affectionately called] won...

New Delhi: Cricket star Sachin Tendulkar will flag off the first-ever 'unity' marathon run being hosted here by the country's largest paramilitary CRPF on October 12.
The force will conduct 'Run for Unity' half-marathon as part of celebrating 75 years of its raising in 2014.
"Master blaster Sachin...

With the untimely pull out of twotime Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, all eyes will be on London Games bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt as India will be hoping to break a 28yearlong wait for a gold medal in wrestling at the 17th Asian Games that get underway Friday in the South...

Ghaziabad: Twotime Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar on Tuesday said if the budding wrestlers are provided better facilities, especially in villages, India could end up winning more medals than China in top international events.
"Had the government ever thought of promoting sport of wrestling in villages, India could have won more gold...

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi who has come under attack from the BJP over reports of his son getting involved in alleged sexual escapade with a lady policewoman, on Saturday defended his son saying anybody could have a "girl friend".
"Anybody can have a girl friend...there is no evidence of...

His eyes firmly trained on the 2016 Rio Games, twotime Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, in all probability, will skip the upcoming World Championship as well as the Asian Games slated to be held next month, as he now wants to win a gold in the biggest sporting event.
The Wrestling Federation...

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday asked people to be on guard against the "double role" of former state chief minister Nitish Kumar while voting in the Assembly bypolls on August 21.
Modi, who had been the deputy chief minister under Kumar, alleged that the senior JD(U) leader talks...

New Delhi: Star grapplers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt have decided to skip the FILA World Wrestling Championships to be held next month in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to avoid injuries and preserve themselves for the upcoming Asian Games.
Sushil and Yogeshwar, who won a gold each in men's 74kg and 65kg freestyle...

JD(U) spokesperson and Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Sanjay Singh made a mockery of himself on Friday after he called for a probe and a liedetector test on former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, but was unable to defend his leader and former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Unsuccessful in putting...

TheBJPon Tuesday expressed fear that the spectre of 'jungle raj' loomed large overBiharand would derail the development process undertaken by the erstwhileNDAgovernment a decade ago following the JD(U)RJD prepoll alliance for the impending bypolls in the state.
Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi told reporters the government was "patronising criminal elements...

Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Amit Kumar made sure that Indian wrestling continues to be on the upswing and, in all, five gold and six silver and two bronze were surely impressive at the Commonwealth Games.
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Glasgow: Rio is at the back of his mind but for Sushil Kumar, one of India's greatest Olympians, the immediate aim is to win a gold medal in the upcoming Asian Games, a stage where the decorated wrestler, surprisingly, is yet to taste success.
The 31yearold grappler is India's only twotime...

Glasgow: Sushil Kumar led the charge as Indian wrestlers put on a stunning show in the Commonwealth Games winning three of the five gold medals on offer here Tuesday.
Amit Kumar and teenager Vinesh Phogat also bagged gold medals while Rajeev Tomar settled for the silver medal in what was a...